State v. Wiley

—The principal issue presented by this appeal is one of first impression in this state: whether the defendant's stipulation to facts outlined by the prosecutor was tantamount to a guilty plea calling into play the safeguards of CrR 4.2. A corollary issue is whether the record of the stipulation proceeding demonstrates a valid waiver of the right to trial by jury.

The facts which formed the basis for a 2-count information charging Johnny Wayne Wiley with second-degree rape and third-degree theft are these: At an early morning hour on June 7, 1978, defendant Wiley engaged in sexual intercourse…